Lua

Unzip a .zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local zip = chilkat.Zip.new()

local success = zip:open_zip("my_files.zip")
if not success then
    print(zip.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
-- Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
-- from the .zip.
local unzipCount = zip:unzip("/my_files")
if unzipCount < 0 then
    print(zip.last_error_text)
else
    print("Success!")
end